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LEO MINOR

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URSA MAJOR

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SEXTANS

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CANES VENAT

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Spica

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Open cluster

Globular cluster

Diffuse nebula

Planetary nebula

Galaxy

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MAP SYMBOLS

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary

in size due to the distance from Earth

JUNE 2018 and are shown at 0h Universal Time.

Calendar of events

2 The Moon is at apogee

(251,852 miles from Earth),

12: 35 P.M. EDT

3 The Moon passes 3° north of

Mars, 8 A.M. EDT

5 Mercury is in superior

conjunction, 10 P.M. EDT

6 The Moon passes 2° south of

Neptune, 2 P.M. EDT

Last Quarter Moon

occurs at 2:32 P.M. EDT

8 Venus passes 5° south of Pollux,

9 P.M. EDT

9 The Moon passes 5° south of

Uranus, 11 P.M. EDT

13 New Moon occurs at

3:43 P.M. EDT

14 The Moon is at perigee (223,385

miles from Earth), 7:53 P.M. EDT

15 Asteroid Amphitrite is at

opposition, 9 A.M. EDT

16 The Moon passes 2° south of

Venus, 9 A.M. EDT

Asteroid Metis is at opposition,

4 P.M. EDT

19 Neptune is stationary,

8 A.M. EDT

Asteroid Vesta is at opposition,

4 P.M. EDT

20 First Quarter Moon

occurs at 6:51 A.M. EDT

21 Summer solstice occurs at

6:07 A.M. EDT

23 The Moon passes 4° north of

Jupiter, 3 P.M. EDT

25 Mercury passes 5° south of

Pollux, noon EDT

27 The Moon passes 0.3° north of

asteroid Vesta, 5 A.M. EDT

Saturn is at opposition,

9 A.M. EDT

The Moon passes 1.8° north of

Saturn, midnight EDT

28 Full Moon occurs at

12: 53 A.M. EDT

Mars is stationary, 10 A.M. EDT

29 The Moon is at apogee

(252,315 miles from Earth),

10:43 P.M. EDT

30 The Moon passes 5° north of

Mars, 10 P.M. EDT

SPECIAL OBSERVING DATE

19 Venus passes 0.4° north

of the Beehive star cluster

this evening.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ASTRONOMY

: ROEN KELLY

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